Nomura Names Mark Williams Head of Investment Banking for Asia

Nomura Holdings Inc. (8604) appointed Mark Williams as head of investment banking for Asia outside Japan to replace Patrick Schmitz-Morkramer, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg News.

Williams joined the Tokyo-based securities firm as regional head of equity capital markets in 2010 from UBS AG. (UBSN) Schmitz- Morkramer is leaving Nomura to take a “career sabbatical,” according to the document. Rob Stewart, a Nomura spokesman in Hong Kong, confirmed the contents of the memo.